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hi_dn@hotmail.com

I am planning on weaning from the pump in a month when I am going camping with out my DS.  DS will be 9 months old.  My question is, how did you wean?  How long did it take from when you decided to do it?  and anyother advice.  oh and I do have a ton of frozen bm.

alicia11780

When I stopped with EP'ing for DS I slowly decreased the time between two sessions until they met up.  For example, when I wanted to cut out my afternoon session, lets say it was at 3pm, I would add 30 minutes each day to the time until it ended up being the same time as my before bed session.  So day one:sessions at 3 then 10pm, day two:sessions at 3:30 then 10pm, day three:sessions at 4 then 10pm, etc.  When it came time to get rid of all of my morning and before bed sessions I slowly decreased my pumping time until I was only pumping for a short period.  For example, I was pumping 20 minutes at a time so each day I dropped the time by 5 minutes.  I only did this with one session at a time though.  I first got rid of my morning session then went a few weeks with just the before bed session.  When I was ready I did the process with that last session.

Reading that now, it seems very confusing.  Does it make sense?

hi_dn@hotmail.com

yes, just had to read it twice. thanks!

browneyes_24b

When I weaned I did the same as PP.  I added time between pumpings little by little.  It took close to three weeks, as I did it very gradually.  I did not experience any engorgement or pain.  Good luck to you!